1933, he joined the Shanghai Left-wing Writers' Union. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, 1938 joined the New Fourth Army and 1939 joined China. Participated in famous battles such as Laiwu and Huaihai during the War of Liberation. After liberation, he served as the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Political Department of East China Military Region. After 1952, he worked in Shanghai, and served as vice chairman of Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles, vice chairman of Shanghai Branch of Chinese Writers Association and president of Shanghai Novelists Association. 1990 died at the age of 80.